The Portlaoise Plane,(1908/12) 1st aeroplane to be built & flown in Southern Ireland, manufactured in Maryborough/Portlaoise by the Aldritt Bros. Billy Rogers and John Conroy and successfully flown over the Great Heath of Maryborough (See report here: https://www.writing.ie/tell-your-own-st ... st-sussex/ ) missing from the town for close on 40 years, discovered in an East Sussex museum in 1912 by Joe Rogers, is now finally back home in Ireland.